grama-raga

Indian music

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In South Asian arts: Precursors of the medieval system
…based on musical entities called grama-ragas, of which seven are mentioned in the 7th-century Kutimiyamalai rock inscription in Tamil Nadu state. Although the word grama-raga does not occur in the Natya-shastra, the names applied to the individual grama-ragas are all mentioned. Two of them, sadjagrama-raga and madhyamagrama-raga, are obviously related…
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